Show Congress your gas receipts
Several Republican members of Congress are asking constituents to send in their gas receipts, which will be presented to the vacationing Democrat leadership.
Sen. Jim Inhofe asks Oklahomans:
Dear Friend,
I don’t need to tell you that gas prices are high, but there is someone I do need to tell…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
…and I need your help to do it.Please mail me your gas receipts and a short note about what your family has had to sacrifice because of out-of-control prices at the pump. I’ll bundle together all the receipts and stories I receive and send them to Senator Reid. Together, we will send a message to Washington and show Harry Reid that high gas prices are hurting Oklahomans.
Please mail your gas receipts by August 21 to:
Jim Inhofe
PO Box 13300
Oklahoma City, OK 73113Harry Reid won’t even allow debate on a single solution I’ve proposed with my colleagues. And now Congress is on a five week recess! I don’t think he understands just how serious this is, but together we can show him.
In recent weeks, I have worked with other Congressional Republicans to bring down gas prices by expanding exploration of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), opening ANWR, developing America’s oil shales, and expanding refining capacity.
Last month, I introduced the American Affordable Fuels Act of 2008 that includes these measures as well as the Drive America on Natural Gas Act, which would promote the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vehicles.
And just last week, I teamed up with Representative Dan Boren to introduce the Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act, which ensures the nation’s policies recognize and reflect the economic importance of marginal well production.
But none of these ideas are even being considered because the Democrat Senate leadership is standing in the way. Let’s send them a message by sending in our gas receipts.
So, please, mail your gas receipts by August 21 to me at:
Jim Inhofe
PO Box 13300
Oklahoma City, OK 73113
Rep. Bill Sali is doing the same in Idaho:
Congressman Bill Sali today urged Idahoans to send their fuel receipts to his offices so that he can forward them to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Sali said he wants to illustrate for Speaker Pelosi the hardship that high gas prices are having everyday in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District.
Sali made the announcement at a Post Falls, Idaho, truck stop, where he emphasized the need to boost American energy exploration and production.
“The fact remains we need to get our hands on every drop of energy we can from every source possible. While conservation is important and alternative energy is necessary, there’s no such thing as a hybrid or electric semi. Every one of these trucks out here today will continue to need affordable diesel.
“We keep talking about $4 a gallon gas. Well, these truckers here are paying $5 a gallon for diesel, and that is impacting the cost of everything and killing the trucking industry.
“Recently, I asked Idahoans to write me and tell me how high gas prices are affecting them. I heard from literally thousands of Idahoans, nearly all urging Congress to lift the ban on American energy exploration and drilling. The comments were extremely poignant.
A Post Falls trucking company owner named Robert wrote, ‘high fuel prices are breaking me and this whole industry. After being on the road away from my home for 5 to 6 weeks at a time and busting my butt trying to stay afloat, I really don’t have to worry about gas prices because I don’t have enough money left when I get home to buy gas for my car.’
“Jodi from Middleton wrote to tell me that it’s getting difficult to go anywhere, and being summer, she has to tell her kids that gas is too high to go to the park or the library. Jodi also told me that he’s paying $165 a week for groceries that used to cost $100 a week. Jodi said, ‘if gas goes any higher, we will lose our home.’
“Mariya from Boise wrote plainly, ‘the government is stifling the nation’s economy.’
“Well, Robert and Jodi and Mariya and all the others who have been writing my office asking Congress to do something are right. And yet Congress is not acting. Speaker Pelosi is refusing to take up legislation that increases American energy production. The legislation Congress has taken up so far is pure gimmickry, smoke and mirrors and political baloney.
“Maybe if Speaker Pelosi hears directly from Idahoans, and sees just how much it is costing the families and businesses of our state, she’ll be more inclined to act. So I’m asking Idahoans today to engage on this issue in a way they never have. Save those gas receipts. Send them to my office, and I’ll make sure Speaker Pelosi gets them,” said Sali.
Idahoans who want their gas receipts forwarded to Speaker Pelosi can send them to:
Boise Office
802 W Bannock, Ste 101
Boise, Idaho 83702Caldwell Office
704 Blaine St, Ste 1
Caldwell, Idaho 83605Coeur d’ Alene Office
610 W Hubbard, Ste 206
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho 83814Lewiston Office
313 D Street, Ste 104
Lewiston, Idaho 83501
Show them your receipts. Keep the heat on the do-nothing Dems.
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I got this e-mail from Jim Inhofe just about two hours ago and will be sending mine as he requests.
I recently learned that,in addition to not having to contribute into Social Security, members of Congress get 100% compensation for travel costs, including automatic adjustments for inflation and the cost of energy.
Nice work if you can get it.
I received an e-mail about this from Jim Inhofe a few minutes ago, replied back paying cash 20 at a time but if you want the amount it’s approx. what my stimulus check was the past 3 months.
As soon as President Bush hinted at sending out checks the price of gas started going up. The oil companies got their chunk of that pie. bigtime.
Mr. Inhofe, I will gladly volunteer my services (and gas) to deliver the message to Mr. Reid….PLEASE!
I heard Jim Inhofe just ran out of toilet paper and he needs you dolts to help him out…brilliant.
He didn’t run out…where do you think all those copies of Pelosi’s book went?
ya got me abs ya got me
Mr. Inhofe and Mr. Sali might want to add not only the gas bill, but the food bill and electric bill for the high gas and diesel prices. The ethanol crud has made almost everything we eat higher from eggs to cereal, etc.
L
Republicans do not actually have an energy plan that would make a noticeable difference in gas prices in the next 4 years. All they want is more drilling, and they want that because the drillers are paying them to want it.
In the long run, this stunt will backfire on Republicans like the Schiavo stunt did.
lgm,
quickly scanned your report. seems a little biased…oh wait, its talkingpointsmemo! I thought there was some real journalism going on for a minute that was unbiased! silly me.
second, look at the price of gas today. As i stated earlier, the price of gas here in Nashville has dropped almost *60 CENTS* in the last 3 weeks. It dropped 8 cents yesterday on average in the city. Please tell me why you think none of this is having an effect. i would think going from $4/gallon to $3.43/gallon just based on the events going on in total (for sake of argument, thats including the ban, speculator activity, supply and demand, etc) is a major improvement over its steady climb on the price ladder.
So if its doing this now, what will happen to the price when we actually DO drill?
And I know that i’m not being paid by anyone from Big Oil..if they want to tho, i wouldnt mind
BTW, now that i have my dailykos login, are we gonna go there tomorrow too lgm? I’m just waiting for us to start blowing up some pages there with democrat corruption!!!
LGM,
You clearly know nothing about how the gasoline futures market works. Opening up drilling will have an immediate affect on the price of gas even though nothing will have been delivered yet.
And please tell me what the cost effects of Obama’s tire pressure plan will be on the cost of gas? Or better yet, tell me what electric cars will do to an increasingly stressed power grid when lib whack jobs like you refuse to let us build new nuclear, hydroelectric, or coal plants?
In the long run, this stunt will backfire on Republicans like the Schiavo stunt did.
LGM, perhaps you haven’t noticed, but Congressional Democrats have had single digit approval ratings for a few weeks now.
Republicans do not actually have an energy plan that would make a noticeable difference in gas prices in the next 4 years
Whatever they have, it sure beats inflating tires, tuning up cars that actually haven’t needed tune ups for about 20 years, and releasing oil from the strategic reserve, which is only a short term solution and which will then need to be replaced.
Wow, the dems talking point has changed. Just a few days ago it was going to be 10 years before drilling would make a difference. Down to 4 years already? Are they beginning to see the light and use their brains? Nah, that’s too much to hope for.
Democrats never have a logical reason for being against drilling because there isn’t one.
They just keep saying silly stuff, and some people believe it.
by monday, it’ll be down to like 6 months
Damn, I just got back from filling my tank. I didn’t see this or I would have gotten a receipt. Came out to $62 even. Thanks Nancy, you’re starting to cut into my beer money, and we can’t have that.
I wish I could take an oath like my good friend AJ and not answer your idiot posts. Please, explain how what happened to Schiavo has anything to do with this. PLEASE!
In the mean time, would you have the decency to stop bringing that poor woman into your idiotic posts? What happened to her was tragic and should not be a tool for your pathetic attempts to make any kind of point.
I think calling it “work” is a stretch…
ROFLMAO Oooooh! My eyes are watering form laughing too hard!!
#8, right on the money. When THE PEOPLE start to pay the increases in food, clothes, utilities and all the essentials in life, than maybe we just might start to get PISSED… When your disposable(lol) income takes the BIG HIT, maybe, just maybe you might get your PANTIES IN A TWIST… Because until we all lose a substantial part of our disposable income and get upset enough to take our elected officials to task, nothing will change…
This dolt is going to the gas station now to fill up–around $80-$85 dollars I would guess.
Post your home address and I’ll send you a copy, dolt. Jim Inhofe is one of the sharper and effective American minds in the Senate as opposed to the internationalist on the other side of the isle more worried about Europe’s opinion than the interests of the American people, dolt.
The Hell with Europe,
Drill Here
Drill Now
Pay Less-dolt.
Left Wing Dolts of the World Unite!
Walk to work, wash your clothes in a stream, hang them on a line, turn off the airconditioner and the TV-dolt, Scooter36 what ever.
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Allie OOP OOP be praised
Barry,
Abstract had some easy material there!
lgm:
What’s the Democrats’ plan again? Oh…that’s right. Oil company profit taxes. Increased gas taxes. Increased energy prices to force lower consumption.
Sometimes no plan is better than a bad plan – but money talks. This won’t backfire on the Repubs as badly as Nancy “Let’s never drill” Peolsi’s downright ignorance of the will of the people.
I don’t know about everyone else but I don’t have much in the way of “disposable income”, unless we count having our son in karate or my wife back in grad school to get licensed to teach. Beyond that, everything else goes to feed and shelter the family and get to and from work to do provide for our family. Well, I could be a cheap skate and cut cur daughter’s commission for doing chores back to $1 per week, like Obama does for his girls. That might save us a whole $19 a week and prepare her for the socialist government Obama and his minions are trying to foist upon us in coming years.
They don’t want to drill because they are all holding out for the free bubble-up and their bowl of rainbow stew.
lgm’s cat barfed on the keyboard and it looked like:
You and San Fran Nan make quite a pair. A pair of spoiled children. Now!!! Now, I want it now!! I can’t wait five minutes!!1!!1!
How is this for a plan: Our energy needs are expanding, would should increase our supply.
I’m make no money on this. I am a consumer. I uses a lot of petroleum products and I want them to have a reliable supply. Perhaps they should drill.
That one should have been gift wrapped, when it was originally presented to him.
That is the true nature of what the Dimocraps want to do. Taxes are a thing of the past. The donks want to own it all.
yeah, i didnt struggle too hard on that one
EQ makes a good point though..the plan to tax things more never works. By making the tax burden on people (and yes, on “evil” corporations too), it helps grow the economy, and keeps the prices of goods and services down as a result.
If they want a nice, meaningful drop in prices…lower the tax on gas at the pump that the state and federal government levies by 20%. Doesnt cut into chunks of transportation revenue too hard, and gives more relief to the consumers.
By making the tax burden on people (and yes, on “evil” corporations too) ligher, it helps grow the economy, and keeps the prices of goods and services down as a result.
self edit!
This same line of reasoning was likely used back in 1995 when WJC vetoed legislation allowing drilling in ANWAR. That was 13 years ago.
Since you are implying that the Republicans’ energy plan will make a difference in gas prices in the next four years, then by all means let’s go for it. At the rate we’re going with the Democrat controlled Congress, the price of a gallon of gas will likely be $10 by that time.
I feel like I’m having a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
On August 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, lgm said:
In the long run, this stunt will backfire on Republicans like the Schiavo stunt did.
You know what? Not good enough. I hope and (even for you) pray you will never have to go through what their parents had to go through. Some man, who may have had something to do with her condition, killed their daughter. You do NOT know their pain so:
SHUT THE HELL UP with mentioning her. You have done it twice that I know of now and it is pissing me off.
On August 7th, 2008 at 4:21 pm, Harris said:
They don’t want to drill because they are all holding out for the free bubble-up and their bowl of rainbow stew.
Thanks, Harris, I had been trying to remember that lyric; and I think maybe some out of Puff the Magic Dragon, or was it ASlice in Wonderland (Jabberwocky) that may also be appro.
It’s starting. Please don’t let this be a trend.
Soap:
It’s just showing how illogical his argument is. Terri Schaivo has nothing to do with this. He knows it.
Don’t let him get your goat.
Clearly, lgm is one of those “evil” wealthy people not bothered by high energy prices. Perhaps we can redistribute some of his wealth to those of us who are struggling with increased prices and a dwindling economy.
Count this DOLT in! I like what Jim Inhofe is doing for those of us who live in his state!
I hope not. But I note the obvious lack of arrests and/or publicizing of arrests for all the fans of assassinating Bush…
Let them keep talking–We’ll have the oil two years ago!
lgm, you have graduated from a jerk to a pig.
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His Messiahship be mocked- the Botox Broad 2
Allie OOP OOP be praised
By some man, are you refering to her husband?
Mr. Schiavo lost his right to be called Terri’s husband when he began a relationship and had children with another woman while his wife was incapacitated and then worked to have her starve to death.
So “some man”…no, “some thing”…is a better description.
But OS – what is your opinion of gas prices?
I still never had a Democrat tell me why we should do anything on global warming as anything we do would not matter today. Since they say “drilling now won’t do anything today so lets not drill” they should have the same mindset for global warming. Right?
Best. Observation. Ever.
said it was a joke, yeah right. now this guy is the definition of a DOLT.
Pssst, don’t joke with the SS.
John#42
they’re Dems! you really don’t think they can do anything do you?
or are you just hoping someday, just someday they may?
On August 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, lgm said:
So you say…and save citing your dubious facts if you choose to refute my response to your post.
I couldn’t care less if the oil executives were themselves handing scripts to each and every Republican with the guts to participate in this movement to lower energy costs – the point is they’re doing it and your side is not! Scared? Your side should be, because this is the issue that has just ended liberals-the MSM’s dream of a Democrat super-majority! It may have even put a lot of Democrat seats into play.
That makes twice that I know of where you’ve made this analogy and I haven’t understood your point either time. You do realize that woman was starved and thirsted to death…and may have felt every minute of it?
Lets have a show of hands. Is LGM:
1. Stupid
2. Ignorant
3. Pathetically uniformed
4. Malicious liar
5. All of the above. ?
Filled up last night. Gas cost me $3.63 a gallon. For the first time in six months, I paid less than $40.00 for a full tank of gas.
Yeah, this will REALLY backfire.
Thank you, Mr. President!
Yeah, good point AJ. Do nothing Dems. Hey I got it, we convince George Bush to say that he’s changed his mind and he’s against drilling for oil. Have him demand that all talks about drilling should be stopped. Once he’s against it the Democrats will take the opposite stance and then be for it.
LoneWolf, all of the above and then some.
#5. All of the above.
EQ,
Have you ever had a family member on life support? I have. My step-brother was involved in an accident where he was on respiratory life support…it was an extremely agonizing decision by my family to take him off life support. Although you may not have agreed with Mr. Schiavo decision, I can only imagine his sufforing throughout the ordeal. So I found Soap’s comments a little disingenuous.
Regarding gas prices, its great to see them coming down. The market has finally figured out that the high prices are driving down demand. And I think a bigger drop is in the future…we are at $118 a barrel now, I read that if it reaches sub $117 we will see a massive sell off. I also believe this Drill Here, Drill Now rhetoric by the Republicans is a massive political strategy (like Schiavo turned out to be), which will not provide an immediate huge price drop that they claim it will. If they wanted an immediate price drop, they should have approved drawing from our reserves (something done under Bush I and Clinton). They can make an argument for it as a longer term strategy, but they could have done that last year as well…but alas, it wasn’t election season.
Gas prices have been gradually going out of control for the past 4 years. Now, just before the 2008 general election, the Bush’s, Crist, and McCain decide to reverse course on offshore drilling. If they thought it would help, why wasn’t legislation introduced, and executive orders reversed when gas hit….I don’t know $2.50, $3.00? This all just stinks of political gamesmanship. The Right found and IN to manipulate the psychology of the election. I’ve noticed that recently Obama followed the Crist/Bush/McCain model and flipflopped on drilling, by saying he will at least consider it in an energy package. This is a very clever politial tool by the Repubs and a few dems, but I most certainly think we’re all being played like a fiddle. I’m all for getting my gas prices lowered, but I’d appreciate a little honesty in the assessments of the situation. Here I am asking for honesty from my elected officials. Where’s my sign.
Lonewolf–#5-all of the above.
Sorry if I parroted any of you stuff The Other Side. I was typing while you were typing and posting I guess.
ANWR, 1996… a certain president with a (D) next to his name vetos the legislation to drill our own oil on 2000 acres of frozen tundra….
Why is it dems just can’t seem to understand that oil is a futures market. And people buy and sell based on what they think the price of oil will be like down the road? The price of oil will drop if offshore drilling is even announced, because speculators will realize that demand won’t outstrip supply in the future. This means that hedging ones bet that $118 a barrel oil is a good deal doesn’t make a lot of since, if there ample supply to meet demand.
Yeesh, libs need to start taking econ 101/102 and less theater and women studies classes were they learn the vagina monologues.
What about Texas? We are a huge state surely my representatives, want some feedback, and I would be happy to send them copies of my receipts. We got up to 108 degrees last weekend, does anyone think my air conditioner went off all day? I get charged extra for using electric during peak, uh huh and taxed on top of that. You cannot go without air conditioning in Texas, if you tell me lots of people do. Down in Texas you get a mold if you don’t turn on the air conditioner, and there was a big argument from the Insurance Companys down here, about removal and repair so it isn’t just about the heat. Texas also has some of the highest Insurance premiums. I am not whining I am saying “Energy cost in Texas” are already high, without heaping more energy cost on top of what is already pretty high.
Grizzly
What about 1996 to Spring of 2008? To be fair let’s focus on the steep rising from 2002 till Spring of 2008. Suddenly now right before the 2008 General, these politicians (Obama included), are talking about Offshore Drilling. This is playing politics, and you’re a pawn like I’m a pawn.
I’ve been pro-drilling since before I was old enough to vote, I’m no pawn to the fools finally waking up much too late. Every year when I was in Alaska and since I have left they poll the people of Alaska on drilling ANWR and its been consistently the overwhelming majority want to drill their own states natural resources because unlike the offshore shelf that may or may not have large amounts of oil in it we know ANWR has a huge chunk of oil in it.
Democrats have consistently voted against new refineries and allowed activist liberal judges to have the environuts file lawsuits to shut them down before they get built. Democrats have blocked ANWR at every turn it comes up in the last 15+ years. We have had the ability to drill our way to independence from foreign oil for 20+ years now and many have pushed it. The environuts are almost exclusively liberal. Who is the pawn now?
mistressjustice:
This may be political theater, but I am not concerned with them having the wrong motives to do the right thing.
As insignificant as I may be, I am not a pawn in this matter. If we start using our own local natural resources instead of importing someone else’s natural resources, I will benefit. You will probably benefit, too, unless you are going to pay the same amount for energy costs.
I am all for drilling in our own frozen barren land but I am not so sure about price fall. Yes, it will come down a bit…but once the demand increases within US and rising economies like China, Brazil or India, the price is going to rise again.
Instead of $5.0 gas with no drilling we might see $4.85 with drilling by 2010/2011. Still I am all for drilling to reduce dependence on Islamic states!
Gimmick.
Nice try TOS, but dems trying to take credit on this will fail. I give you an A for effort though.
Another good Idea, I hope everyone computed the state and federal tax they paid for that fuel!
I don’t think anyone, including Dems, are trying to take credit for the demand falling due to high prices.
These ‘players’ are giving me back a bit of trust and pride in the GOP.
Where are the rest of them?? Still sleeping?
GO MEN GO – sleep boys sleep
Lets remember who is who.
Get real! We have been trying to drill for years. Look back at all the time to get permission to drill in anwar!!!!
I’m sure you will correct me if I’m wrong, but ANWR isn’t even on the radar right now, and offshore drilling is the issue. Even YOUR candidate is against going into ANWR, something I’d support more so than offshore drilling. Not that I’m against more drilling if we used up what’s already under lease, and the drilling is done cleanly. I’m far from a tree hugger, but I think there’s a little more going on here.
Again, why do you think YOUR party is making an issue of this right now, this minute? If they thought it would help, they would have pushed this issue starting several years ago. It’s not like we woke up one morning and gas was $2.50 higher. This shitttt isn’t anything new. Charlie Christ just reversed himself a month or so ago, because he wants the VP nod.
This is the time of the year when politicians are looking out for their own careers. This drilling issue is being used right now, and you know why as well as I do.
YOU are right!
and you are WRONG!
A question to those more astute than I. With the Olympics in China and the basic shutdown in industry there as well as restricted driving to improve the air quaility, is that effecting the demand side of the market which will end afterwards. Will oil prices rise after the Olympics?
Heeeeeerrrrrre’s your sign!
fluffy said (#27):
An actual plan needs more details: (A) how much oil will we need? (B) How much oil will new US drilling produce?
Democrats say (and Republicans don’t really dispute) that (A) is much much more than (B).
On another note (taken from Gail Collins in the NYTimes today): McCain’s got alottanerve telling Congress to get back to work. He’s a Senator and hasn’t set foot in the Senate for a long time . . . much longer a time than Obama.
Has anybody seen the Tennessee GOP’s new video of Obama’s gold medal win?
I guess we can call the difference (C).
Right now, we import about 70% of our oil consumption. That is sending an awful lot of money overseas. If we cut down that percentage, more of our energy dollar stays here.
Would you prefer to send that money to Alaska or Iran? Take all the time you need.
Even if drilling and producing our own energy, while we are trying to figure out an economical solar/wind powered tractor, doesn’t bring down the price, it will still be our own resource and not vulnerable to the whims of a terrorist.
If the muslims decide to play economic war with us and stop producing for a couple of months, the economy would collapse in a big hurry. Producing our own would prevent that.
And if we could cut through about 90% of the red tape and litigation to drill and/or build a refinery, things would be even quicker.
And as Rudy said on F&F this morning, “the Chinese are going to drill off the coast of Florida, do you think they will be as concerned about the environment as we are”? (or something like that).
The one world order/economy is a fantasy that will never be obtainable because there will always be a Hugo Chavez or Ahmanutjob out there that won’t go along with the liberal utopia idea.
YEEE HA AH haha
Judges say: 10 10 10
Obama did not miss a single flip – lol thanks for the link!
Bill Hobbs just keeps churning out those videos for the TNGOP, just like the “Proud” video starring Michelle Obama.
I like the “Yes we can!” video too.
We would be replacing today from ANWR what we import from Chavez’s Venezuela today. Gee, if only Bill Clinton and the Dems hadn’t shut it down 10 years ago. We are in an energy hole. The first rule of holes is stop digging.
Ha! barry,#73 love the link.
the big O’ as in zer0.
By the way, the “Yes we can!” video is more back on track with the topic of this thread…, after I took the liberty of injecting that first video.
Sorry! I just found them all funny and had to share.
Now, there’s a novel concept we need to see people in D.C. get behind, especially on our energy crisis right now.
If you are able- send pictures of your gas pumps. I’m doing this as people don’t believe me in what I pay. This morning on empty I was forced to get a splash on the way to work, and the cheaper place was $4.47/gallon. The other places had $4.49 and $4.59, for regular unleaded.
This has to end.
We have enough natural gas in this country that lgm can stop lighting farts to see his computer screen. We could use that for energy production while T.Boone is putting up his windmills…could even use it for vehicles. Buying 70% of our oil from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela gives me the willies.
I’m sure you will correct me if I’m wrong, but ANWR isn’t even on the radar right now, and offshore drilling is the issue. Even YOUR candidate is against going into ANWR, something I’d support more so than offshore drilling. Not that I’m against more drilling if we used up what’s already under lease, and the drilling is done cleanly. I’m far from a tree hugger, but I think there’s a little more going on here.
Again, why do you think YOUR party is making an issue of this right now, this minute? If they thought it would help, they would have pushed this issue starting several years ago. It’s not like we woke up one morning and gas was $2.50 higher. This shitttt isn’t anything new. Charlie Christ just reversed himself a month or so ago, because he wants the VP nod.
This is the time of the year when politicians are looking out for their own careers. This drilling issue is being used right now, and you know why as well as I do.
Why don’t you give up dude. You are an idiot. Why don’t we just treat all things like oil.
Try these out:
(A)How many diamonds do we need?
(B)How many do you think your gonna get mining in America
(by the way, it takes oil to get those to you)
(A)How much medicine do you need?
(B)Most of the medicines are developed from plants, animals and trees from the rainforest. If you can’t find them in your backyard, lgm, you don’t get any.
(by the way, it takes oil to get those to you)
(A)How many foreign cars do you need?
(B)If you don’t get an American made car you don’t get one, lgm
Please stop with the “America can’t produce” crap you always spew. Dude, we are Americans and if people like you would shut the hell up and get out of the way, we could make the Saudi’s look like rank amateurs at this.
Grizz:
I’m sure you will correct me if I’m wrong, but ANWR isn’t even on the radar right now, and offshore drilling is the issue. Even YOUR candidate is against going into ANWR, something I’d support more so than offshore drilling. Not that I’m against more drilling if we used up what’s already under lease, and the drilling is done cleanly. I’m far from a tree hugger, but I think there’s a little more going on here.
Again, why do you think YOUR party is making an issue of this right now, this minute? If they thought it would help, they would have pushed this issue starting several years ago. It’s not like we woke up one morning and gas was $2.50 higher. This situation isn’t anything new. Charlie Christ just reversed himself a month or so ago, because he wants the VP nod.
This is the time of the year when politicians are looking out for their own careers. This drilling issue is being used right now, and you know why as well as I do.
lgm,
What did I tell about the heavy lifting? Now put your tin foil hat back on, take your meds, and watch MSNBC or CNN or whatever commie crap you watch.
Just some clarification, we get about 15% of our total oil from Saudia Arabia & Venzuela combined and bout 33% from OPEC as a whole.
I would say it has more to do with oil getting close to $150 per barrel than it does the calendar.
Forgive my lack of zeal, but I have a hard time falling behind a bunch of politicians who have no vision beyond their next election. This energy problem has existed for how many years now? No politician ever gets points for hitting the 300m target. Instead, they only focus on the 50m targets, which used to be 300m targets, and try to brand themselves as “problem solvers” or “folks who get things done”. The target shooting analogy fails in some respects though. In life, the “target” gets closer and closer and tends to shoot back and multiply into other “targets”. Let’s see, how many other “targets” has Congress had before them and done nothing? Social Security? Bankrupt since the 1960s, yet Congress had done nothing. Welfare? Still a loser. Farm subsidies? Brilliant. Because we all know that politicians know more about marketing a farmer’s crops than the farmer himself. National debt? Good grief… Public education? Again, another loser of a program, but nothing changes.
Energy is no different: politicians will wait until the people take notice before trying to fix a problem, then when they do “fix” it, the fix is usually a half-effort, which usually tidies things with the public. It makes them look like heroes when, in fact, noticeable by even the remotely observant person, they fail.
Honestly, I couldn’t care less about this little publicity stunt. They have a long row to hoe to earn my trust again. I’d like to say to them, “Just fix the problem, which you created, then talk to me. Until then, you can pound sand.”
fluffy asked:
TheOtherSide clarified:
So you prefer to spend your energy dollars overseas?
How does everyone here think of the Gang of 10’s compromise solution? Sounds reasonable enough to me.
TOS, I heard Obama’s team saying that the price was falling do to people conserving. I don’t remember which show or the name of the guy but he clearly was suggesting that was the reason. I think he mentioned the NYT.
But this should not be a R or D thing, we need your Dems to grab a pair and go from there. In other words, put it up for a vote.
Well, that would contradictory to what the U.S. Dept. of Energy reports.
Your number of 15%, TOS, is closer to what was imported from the Persian Gulf – 16%.
Of course, you may want to look at what they are considering the “Western Hemisphere” for that particular 50% there.
22.8% came from Mexico and Venezuela combined. We also saw more imports from Mexico by itself and almost as much from Venezuela, a we got from Saudia Arabia. Not exactly countries with any of our interests at heart either. We didn’t even make our own list of the five biggest suppliers.
Would that be a dependence on foreign oil? I think so.
Barry,
I was using DOE data from 2008 not 2006. I used this data and made estimates based on a 70% import rate.
TOS, re: compromise soluition.
Don’t know what this Gang of 10’s compromise solution actually is… & by nature I avoid compromise, but I will bite. Do tell?
My bad. I believe I should redact that part, based on this graph on the DOE site.
And, this graph also gives a little more of a breakdown on some of those foriegn sources.
And, this graph gives a snapshot of the decrease in production, as consumption and imports climbed.